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United Kingdom: Government U-turn on renewables shows gas, oil and nuclear are still favourites
2015-12-20 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The entire global energy system is undergoing a clean revolution. The old certainties of centralised power and fossil fuels are falling apart before our eyes. In Paris last week world leaders set legally binding targets to decarbonise their economies in order to keep temperature rises at a maximum of 2C. The future is almost here. Its a future that is necessary and one that presents the economic opportunity of the century. Bloomberg NEFs New Energy Outlook for 2015 estimates that renewables alone...
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Under Current Plans, Renewables Will be Fastest Growing Power Source in US to 2025
2015-12-16 11:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Non-hydro renewable energy will be the fastest-growing power source in the US over the next decade, with installed capacity to increase from 121.9 Gigawatts (GW) in 2015 to 216 GW in 2025, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.9% between 2015 and 2025, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. According to the companys latest report*, this strong rate of growth suggests that the current US government, aware of the countrys status as one of the worlds leading carbon emitters,...
Green MP Caroline Lucas hails climate change agreement saying will speed up switch renewables
2015-12-12 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The UKs only Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, has said she hopes the new climate change agreement will mean countries will make the switch to renewable energy faster. Delegates from over 190 countries have produced a draft agreement to cut fuel emissions - the details of which are due to be announced in a press conference on Saturday morning. Ministers finally came to an agreement at around 6:45am local time (5:45am GMT) which is believed to include the pledge to reduce temperature rises to...
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Duke Energy Renewables to develop 200MW wind project in Oklahoma
2015-12-04 01:00:00| Power Technology
Duke Energy Renewables will build the 200MW Frontier Windpower project in Oklahoma, US, with operations planned to begin in 2016.
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Paris climate summit: What they dont tell you about renewables
2015-12-01 16:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The optimistic view Renewable energy is getting so cheap it will soon replace fossil fuels The cost of renewable energy is falling. Since 2009, for instance, the cost of wind power in the US has fallen 60 per cent while solar has fallen 80 per cent. "Just one thing would be enough to halt climate change," renowned wildlife programme maker David Attenborough said recently. "If clean energy became cheaper than coal, gas or oil, fossil fuel would simply stay in the ground." We are getting...
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